This verse is, without any doubt, the most familiar, the most beloved, and the most quoted verse in all the Bible. Most people, whether they are believers or unbelievers, can quote it. But while most people know this verse, they have only a shallow knowledge of it. It is, in…
Among the harshest criticisms leveled by skeptics against the biblical record, and even God Himself, is the wholesale slaughter of the Canaanite civilizations to the last man, woman, and child. How can we explain this? How can we possibly reconcile the “horrific commands” of Deuteronomy 20:11–18 with the same God…
Our Gracious God Part 5 of 5 – Gal.3:15 Scriptures for Study: Read the passages cited today and write down your observations. How does all this affect your attitudes before and after? 1 Cor. 8:13; 9:19–22; 10:31; Heb. 6:12
Our Gracious God – Part 4 of 5 – Gal.3:1 Scriptures for Study: Read the passages cited today and write down your observations. How does all this affect your attitudes before and after? Gal. 3:1–3; 5:6–7, 16–23.
Our Gracious God – Part 3 of 5 – Rom. 3:20 Scriptures for Study: Wat does Galatians 2:19–21 say about the Law and Christian living?
Our Gracious God Part 2 of 5 – Titus2:11 Scriptures for Study: Spend some time in Ephesians 2:5–9, observing what it teaches us about grace.
Our Gracious God Part 1 of 5 – Gen. 6:8 Scriptures for Study:.Spend some time in the following passages, carefully observing what they teach us about grace: Romans 11:6; 2 Corinthians 9:13–15; 2 Thessalonians 1:12.
What does Acts 2:38 (one of several verses will examine), tell us about salvation? Is it dependent not only upon repentance and faith in Christ (cf. Acts 20:21; Rom. 1:17; Eph. 2:8; etc.) but also on baptism? Baptismal regeneration is the teaching that salvation comes by water baptism administered by…
Grace is our Theology. In a sense, the word grace sums up all biblical Theology. Of all the theological words we could discuss—redemption, reconciliation, justification, sanctification, glorification, election, and many more—none cuts to the heart of our theology like grace. Today’s redefining of the Gospel is not the Gospel at…
Buidling upon the truths established in issues 31 and 32, “The Ground of Unity” fleshes out 7 spiritual realities that are the very essence of Christianity, that is, its foundational truths. If we can agree on these, we can have unity. (Part 3 of 3) *(If download does not begin…
